Merciless vs Barbarous - What's the difference?
merciless | barbarous | Related terms |
Not classical or pure.
uncivilized, uncultured
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
Merciless is a related term of barbarous.
As adjectives the difference between merciless and barbarous
is that merciless is showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless while barbarous is not classical or pure.barbarous
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete) barbarouseAdjective
(en adjective)- I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
- By the known rules of antient libertie,
- When strait a barbarous noise environs me
- Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs - (1673)
